H.R. No. 267


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The family and many friends of Airman Joshua Salazar of Channelview were profoundly saddened by the untimely passing of this esteemed Texan on September 1, 2003, at the age of 19; and WHEREAS, Born on October 16, 1983, in Houston, Mr. Salazar graduated from Channelview High School, where he lettered in varsity baseball; a natural leader, he played an active role in his church youth group and earned the respect and admiration of his peers; and WHEREAS, Mr. Salazar answered his country's call to duty and joined the United States Air Force as an airman; after completing technical training at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, he was stationed at Pope Air Force Base in North Carolina; and WHEREAS, Through his integrity, dedication, and enthusiasm for life, Mr. Salazar inspired the many individuals who were fortunate enough to have known him, and he will not soon be forgotten; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Joshua Salazar and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his parents, Melissa Ogura and Enrique "Rick" Salazar; to his sister, Gina Marie Salazar; to his grandparents, Patricia Thomas and Milton Kenzo Ogura and Maria and Placido Salazar; to his girlfriend, Candice Hill; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Airman Joshua Salazar. Crabb Craddick Geren Mercer Allen Giddings Merritt Alonzo Goodman Miller Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso Berman Grusendorf Morrison Bohac Guillen Mowery Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat Branch Haggerty Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira Burnam Hardcastle Olivo Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton Campbell Hartnett Pena Canales Heflin Phillips Capelo Hegar Pickett Casteel Hilderbran Pitts Castro Hill Puente Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla Chisum Hodge Raymond Christian Homer Reyna Coleman Hope Riddle Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez Corte Hughes Rose Crabb Hunter Seaman Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons Denny Keel Stick Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton Dukes King Taylor Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford Dutton Krusee Thompson Edwards Kuempel Truitt Eiland Laney Turner Eissler Laubenberg Uresti Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale Ellis Luna Villarreal Escobar Mabry West Farabee Madden Wilson Farrar Marchant Wise Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth Flynn McCall Wolens Gallego McClendon Wong Garza McReynolds Woolley Gattis Menendez Zedler ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 267 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on October 8, 2003. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House